FRESNO, Calif. – MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) was on scene and reporting live from today’s “Strikeforce Challengers
IV: Evangelista vs. Gurgel” weigh-ins at the World Sports Cafe in in
Fresno, Calif.

Friday’s event, which features a headliner between lightweight
contenders Billy Evangelista and Jorge Gurgel, takes place at the
SaveMartCenter in Fresno and airs on Showtime.

Evangelista and Gurgel both weighed 159 pounds. And although the bout
listed as a 155-pound fight, a California State Athletic Commission
official later clarified with MMAjunkie.com that the fight was
contracted at a catch-weight of 160 pounds.

So, both fighters made weight for the show.

The same, though, can’t be said for preliminary-card fighter Chris Culley, who missed the 146-pound limit for his featherweight fight with Casey Olson by two and a half pounds. According to the CSAC, Culley will forfeit 20 percent of his fight purse to his opponent as a penalty.

The full weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD

Billy Evangelista (159) vs. Jorge Gurgel (159)*

Brandon Cash (256) vs. Shane del Rosario (240)

Luke Rockhold (185.5) vs. Jesse Taylor (186)

Ousmane Thomas Diagne (155.5) vs. Merrit Warren (154)

Elisha Hellspur (134.5) vs. Zoila Frausto (132.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

Johnny Goh (154) vs. Ben Holscher (155.5)

Chris Culley (148.5)** vs. Casey Olson (145.5)

Cole Escovedo (135.5) vs. Maurice Eazel (133)

Rico Altamirano (171) vs. Alex Trevino (170.5)

* – Bout was listed as a 155-pound contest, but the CSAC later told MMAjunkie.com it was actually contracted for 160 pounds; both fighters made weight
** – Missed weight and will forfeit 20 percent of fight purse to opponent

MMAjunkie.com will have live, round-by-round updates and official results from Friday’s Strikeforce card beginning at approximately 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT). The night’s Showtime broadcast of the main card begins at 11 p.m. ET/PT.

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